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diff --git a/doc/README.tapping b/doc/README.tapping index 025502a7b8..b53120b850 100644 --- a/doc/README.tapping +++ b/doc/README.tapping @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +$Id: README.tapping,v 1.4 2002/11/28 20:29:46 guy Exp $ + The TAP system in ethereal is a powerful and flexible mechanism to get event driven notification on packets matching certain protocols and/or filters. In order to use the tapping system, very little knowledge of ethereal @@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ So you want to hack together a tap application? TAP === First you must decide which protocol you are interested in writing a tap -application for and check if that protocol has already has got a tap installed +application for and check if that protocol has already got a tap installed in it. If it already has a tap device installed then you dont have to do anything. If not, then you have to add a tap but dont worry, this is extremely easy to @@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ remove_tap_listener(void *tapdata); remove_tap_listener(void *tapdata) This function is used to deregister and stop a tap listener. -register_tap_listeners() is used to register an instance of a tap application +register_tap_listener() is used to register an instance of a tap application to the tap system. *tapname |